Access to Climbing.
Climbing should be open to everyone.
Through community sessions, concessional memberships and creative events, we're working to remove the barriers that keep people off the wall.
Climbing is one of the most effective activities for mental and physical wellbeing — but cost, unfamiliarity and social barriers keep a lot of people from ever trying it. We're changing that. Yonder CIC works with community groups, schools, charities and Waltham Forest Council to reach people who face barriers to climbing, whether social, economic, or cultural.
Sessions Delivered1,200
Community Partners40+
FREE or Concessional100%
Our Programmes.
Our Access to Climbing work runs across two programmes, each designed to reach different people and break down a different barrier.
Climbing for Wellbeing and Help to Climb.
Powered by YONDER CIC.
Yonder CIC is the not-for-profit sister company of Climbing Creative (trading as Yonder). We exist to break down the barriers — financial, social and cultural — that stop people in our community from accessing the spaces and opportunities that support health, sport, work and connection.
Our focus is the London Borough of Waltham Forest, centred on Blackhorse Road (E17). We also welcome people from adjoining boroughs — Hackney, Haringey and Newham — who face similar barriers.
Community Interest Company
EST East London
Not-for-Profit
THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH.
We don't do this alone.
Yonder CIC's work is delivered hand-in-hand with community groups, schools, charities and the local authority — organisations that know their communities best and help us reach the people who need us most.
Waltham Forest
Council
Our local authority partner, supporting our community programmes and referral routes across the borough.
Refugee & Asylum Support Groups
Organisations supporting refugees and asylum seekers with access to sport, social spaces and community.
Local Schools & Youth Groups
Schools, pupil referral units and youth clubs across E17 that bring young people to the wall for wellbeing and skills-building sessions.
Disability & Inclusion Organisations
Partners working with people with disabilities, long-term health conditions, and neurodivergent individuals to adapt our sessions.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Services
NHS services and local charities who refer individuals to our Climbing for Wellbeing programme.
Community
Charities
Grassroots charities across Waltham Forest, Hackney, Haringey and Newham helping us extend our reach to those facing the greatest barriers.